AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE LONGQUAN CELADON POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE, SHILIU ZUN
MING DYNASTY, 14TH-EARLY 15TH CENTURY
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE LONGQUAN CELADON POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE, SHILIU ZUN MING DYNASTY, 14TH-EARLY 15TH CENTURY The vessel is sturdily potted with a globular body applied and carved with a broad band of peony scroll bearing four large blooms and arched leaves reserved on a combed ground, between a border of upright petals rising from the foot and another of cross-hatched leaves at the shoulders. The waisted neck is interrupted by a thick horizontal rib carved with a band of lingzhi scroll below and a band of stylised flowers above, with a further narrow band of cross-hatched leaves surrounding the flat mouth rim above the canted everted lip with a wide register of classic scroll bordered by a band of raised bosses. The vase is covered overall with an even translucent glaze of meadow-green tone with the exception of the foot rim. 14 º in. 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE LONGQUAN CELADON POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE, SHILIU ZUN
MING DYNASTY, 14TH-EARLY 15TH CENTURY
AN IMPORTANT AND EXTREMELY RARE LONGQUAN CELADON POMEGRANATE-FORM VASE, SHILIU ZUN MING DYNASTY, 14TH-EARLY 15TH CENTURY The vessel is sturdily potted with a globular body applied and carved with a broad band of peony scroll bearing four large blooms and arched leaves reserved on a combed ground, between a border of upright petals rising from the foot and another of cross-hatched leaves at the shoulders. The waisted neck is interrupted by a thick horizontal rib carved with a band of lingzhi scroll below and a band of stylised flowers above, with a further narrow band of cross-hatched leaves surrounding the flat mouth rim above the canted everted lip with a wide register of classic scroll bordered by a band of raised bosses. The vase is covered overall with an even translucent glaze of meadow-green tone with the exception of the foot rim. 14 º in. 14 ¼ in. (36 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
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